pygsti.tools.symplectic.compute_symplectic_matrix

compute_symplectic_matrix(i, n)

Returns the 2n x 2n symplectic matrix, over the finite field containing 0 and 1, with the “canonical” index i.

Code from “How to efficiently select an arbitrary Clifford group element” by Robert Koenig and John A. Smolin.

Parameters:

• i (int) – Canonical index.

• n (int) – Number of qubits.

Return type:

numpy.ndarray